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Star Wars Actress Carrie Fisher to Be Honored at Harvard
Get ready Star Wars fans because Carrie Fisher is coming to Cambridge next month. The legendary actress known for her role as Princess—now General—Leia Organa […]
Q&A: Five Questions with Saturday Night Live Star Colin Jost
Like the rest of the world, Saturday Night Live star Colin Jost just can’t seem to peel his eyes away from the utter mess that […]
Harvard, BU Top New List of Best Law Schools in the Country
Both Harvard and Boston University cracked the top 20 in U.S. News & World Report‘s newly released list of the best law schools in the country. Harvard tied […]
Obama to Nominate Harvard Alum Merrick Garland for Supreme Court
President Barack Obama is expected to nominate Harvard alum Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court, the Associated Press reports. Garland, a chief justice for the U.S. Court […]
MIT Ranked Best Engineering School for 28th Consecutive Year
MIT tops U.S. News & World Report newly released list of the best engineering schools in the country, marking the 28th consecutive year the school has taken […]
MIT, Harvard Creates System to Load Web Pages Faster
Waiting around for a web page to load might become a thing of the past. Researchers at MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory and […]
Steven Spielberg Is Harvard’s 2016 Commencement Speaker
Update Thursday, March 10 at 3:08 p.m.: It’s confirmed. Spielberg will be the speaker for Harvard’s 365th commencement ceremony. Previously: A member of Hollywood royalty […]
New Harvard Exhibit Narrates the Story of Boston Radio
This post originally appeared on Vanyaland. The story of radio is one far from completion, but at relative odds with itself. On one hand, the […]
Harvard Names Michelle A. Williams Its First Black Faculty Dean
Harvard University has tapped epidemiologist Michelle A. Williams to lead its T.H. Chan School of Public Health. This makes Williams the first African American faculty dean in […]
Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, Harvard Law Alum, Dead at 79
Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, whose three decades’ worth of bombastic dissent made him one of the most polarizing figures in the court’s history, has […]
Wellesley College Names Harvard’s Paula A. Johnson Its New President
Wellesley College has named Harvard University’s Paula A. Johnson its new president, making her the first African American to lead the private, women’s, liberal-arts college […]
Q&A: Jodi Goldstein Shares Her Unconventional Path to the Harvard i-lab
Jodi Goldstein has always pursued an unconventional path. When you grow up living in a hotel in rural Vermont, the “unconventional” starts early. “My parents […]
Conan O’Brien Is Coming to Harvard
It may not be as exciting as traveling to Qatar with Michelle Obama, but late night host Conan O’Brien is heading back to Cambridge this […]
ESPN Thought Northwestern Played in the Beanpot Instead of Northeastern
For the 28th consecutive year, Northeastern won’t win the Beanpot. But they’re still a part of the tournament, contrary to what ESPN may think. During […]
New Harvard Report: SAT Scores Aren’t Everything, You Know
A new report out of the Harvard Graduate School of Education urges colleges and universities reconsider what it values in prospective students. The report, “Turning the […]